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Samsung Easily Tops Apple to Become World's Top Smartphone Manufacturer
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You do know that these aren't the real figures?
These are just some predictions. I am pretty sure they are gonna be huge and more than Apple's but 27M is a prediction.
Additionally - if people think that millions and MILLIONS of phones are just taking up space in stores - they're a bit cuckoo for cocoa puffs. I'm not saying stores don't have inventory - but people want to just write off MILLIONS of phones sitting around. I don't see it.
Apple's phones are sitting on shelves too. Not every phone shipped is SOLD. Apple stores, Carriers and other retailers aren't "iPhoneless"
Much was made of the... Playbook or Touchpad, whichever, sitting on shelves and Best Buy wanting to ship them back. That hasn't happened with these phones. Therefore, it's incumbent upon you to prove that vast quantities of phones are sitting on shelves unsold.
And yes, the 3Gs has been $49 or free for much of this year. Not from Apple, but AT&T ran specials on it quite frequently this year.
To bad they have to have all that writing in the back side. I would love to just have the iPhone and nothing else, since I have yet to ever put a case on mine. Glass is just to cool to hide from the world
get yourself a verizon phone. Pretty much empty on the back.
These stats are for 3rd quarter that already ended. They are not predictions. The data was produced by research firm Strategy Analytics. This is as good as it gets because Samsung does not report these stats (not required to).
There's discrepancies in sales versus shipped, always. You cannot definitively say who's doing better when Samsung does not release actual sales numbers. Consider some of the recent tablet competitors... they shipped a fair amount in some cases but sold barely any. Obviously that dichotomy isn't the case here, but I'd like to see how full the inventory channels are.
That said, it's entirely reasonable for Samsung to be shipping far more smart phones; 1) they have more models to appeal to everyone's taste, 2) they run a larger price gamut, thus appealing to more people, and 3) they run Android, which has become a de facto smart phone standard of late. If you appeal to more people, you sell more.
Would be curious to know average profit margin per handset though.
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Funny how everyone assumes there's a heaven. See the gross over-labeling?
That said, it's entirely reasonable for Samsung to be shipping far more smart phones; 1) they have more models to appeal to everyone's taste, 2) they run a larger price gamut, thus appealing to more people, and 3) they run Android, which has become a de facto smart phone standard of late. If you appeal to more people, you sell more.
Would be curious to know average profit margin per handset though.
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Funny how everyone assumes there's a heaven. See the gross over-labeling?
They spend the money. Whether it comes from an Apple contract or not, they're the ones spending on research.
And Apple lists the iPhone 3G for $0.00 at their site.
All good phones have high list prices, and all good phones have options for subsidy.
Or he could be managing things downstairs and about to pass heaven in market cap. I hear hell is going to come in way above guidance next quarter.
With Samsung made processors
Yea, they get paid to do work. When we talk about historic buildings, we talk about architects who "created" them - not the construction company either.
Please link to iPhone4 for 1. Let's see how much it costs on contract.
What I was referring to was a Samsung Galaxy S2 selling for $2 only without contract.
Do you understand the difference?
You were referring to a tiny promotion, actually, not any actual retail price.
Yea, they get paid to do work. When we talk about historic buildings, we talk about architects who "created" them - not the construction company either.
So you're talking about ARM, Intel, IBM or Motorola, not Samsung or Apple, don't you?
Surely you understand that other companies don't have a problem doing R&D with their "meagre" profit margins - as well as doing just fine.
You sir, yourself and your kind, you are the reason that my iPhone stays in my pocket when at a client's, you are the reason that my work laptop is not a Mac when I wanted it to be one.
Your naivety is staggering. As if one is talking to kids. Probably you are one.
Now you have a problem with someone reporting their personal experience. Heavens forbid someone would ever say something negative about Android or W7
No, I 'don't have a problem, I laugh when people exaggerate so much to make a point that make them as unbelievable.
One thing is saying that Android have less polished apps or that iPhone has BT capped. Another thing is saying that Android has zero productivity or iPhone is crap.
Look? Very different things.
If not, hell will look different a few years from now. The devil will wear a black turtleneck and bluejeans, data management will be outsourced to heaven because it is "in the cloud." Hell will not be as hot anymore because the devil's iPad allows only temperatures up to 95°F/35°C (non-operating temperature: 113°F/45°C)...
Am I suppose to feel inferior about owning an iPhone? Who cares about the sales numbers! I bought an iPhone and 'Joe' bought a Samsung phone, what gives? This is how companies create brand identity, thus drawing a line in the sand and expecting consumers to take sides. IMHO
Why is it different? They all provide you with a product or service and some are better than the others. I'm asking for your reasons or opinions as I find it odd as a consumer. A stockholder is a different story.
Yeah this is like the people who said "This is the beginning of the end for Apple" after the 4S was announced. A week later, 4million sold. Analysts are annoying enough, but thank goodness it's not the people on this board who are doing the analyzing.
I love how people always equate every other brand other then Apple to be piles of junk. Comments like that are why I'm embarrassed and literally hide the fact I useproducts.
that is the absolute stupidest justification for feeling self conscious. smh.